He soloed into Perpignan during stage five of last year's Tour de France and on a day that changed the direction of the 2010 Tour, Thomas Voeckler celebrated another glorious win alone in Bagnères-de-Luchon, a victory that adds more lustre to French performances at this season's edition of la grande boucle.

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Last year he had a hard-charging pack of sprinters breathing down his neck following a late-stage attack that netted him the triumph but today Voeckler could sit up and take more than 90 seconds to celebrate what was a stellar performance that was shaped on the slopes of the Port de Balès.

That same mountain also held the key to the fight for the overall race lead, the battle lines for which had been drawn a week ago in Morzine-Avoriaz and today took a turn in another direction thanks to a mechanical for hitherto maillot jaune Andy Schleck.

An eight-second advantage to Contador was the net result; with two days remaining in the Pyrenees this could prove critical to the outcome of the 2010 Tour, although as we've seen thus far in an incredible race, there's likely to be more twists and turns in the plot too.

But the day belonged to Voeckler. The 31-year-old rose to prominence when he famously wore the maillot jaune at the 2004 Tour and won the aforementioned stage at last year's Tour, winning Classics and significant races in between, although today's triumph will be difficult to match, such was the quality and pomp of the Frenchman's finish along the tree-lined avenues of Luchon.

It came during what was another difficult day at the Tour, at the end of which Alberto Contador was presented the maillot jaune, a jersey with which he's extremely familiar and one he hopes to be wearing on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday afternoon.

While there were boos from sections of the crowd at the post-stage protocol when Contador was presented with his reward, the fact remains that the Spaniard and defending champion did what he had to do when presented with two rivals intent on improving their position in the overall standings and a friend (and rival) who had just experienced a moment of difficulty beyond his control.

While the actions of Contador and others on the Balès were labelled "untraditional" by Saxo Bank, the reality was that Schleck became the unfortunate victim of an untimely mechanical that now has the young Luxembourger determined to come back stronger.

"I was feeling strong and determined throughout the stage and the team really everything to put me in the perfect position for the final climb," said Schleck after the finish. "When I launched my second attack, the chain got stuck and I had to get off the bike to put it back on. Then they attacked.

"I probably wouldn't have done it like that," he said before adding, "I'm just really looking forward to getting another chance of attacking - the jersey deserves honour."

Just another day...in the Pyrenees

The obvious highlight of today's racing was the Port de Balès, the 18.87km, 1,755m high monster with an average gradient nudging over six percent and slopes exceeding 11 percent near the summit. Despite the pain to come, the first hour's average speed was 47.5km/h as the peloton proved to be extremely selective with whom it let take time off the front.

It may have taken a long time for the break to escape but when it did the flood gates opened; with 88km to go the gap had been extended to four minutes, which was increased further - to 5:40 - four kilometres later. Another two clicks down the road and that advantage had blown out to 6:40.

The break was given a leash of over seven minutes to play with as the riders' speedometers said 80km remaining in the stage. Just eight kilometres later that had expanded to 8:09 and seemed to be growing... and grow it certainly would.

Behind them Saxo Bank assumed its normal position of keeping pace on the front of the peloton and continued to give the escapees time, letting its ascendancy edge closer to nine minutes. With 65km to go it reached that mark, a big effort given that the break had only flown the coop some 30km earlier. The break approached the summit of the Col de Ares with an advantage of 9:25, adding another three seconds by the time they crested the second category climb and piling on the time on the descent.

B is for brutal - and Balès

With 51km remaining and in the shadows of the Port de Balès the break passed through the second intermediate sprint having gathered steam to the tune of 9:54, with it topping 10:11 three kilometres later. Meanwhile, the front of the trailing peloton resembled a two-layered cake, the special Saxo Bank-Astana sponge boasting a Schleck-Contador filling preparing itself for battle on the brutal slopes of Balès.

Recognising the lack of climbing firepower in the front group, the big names continued to give the break plenty of space, with the battlegrounds being prepared further behind in an apparent calm before the storm. This manifested in a gap of 10:44 between peloton and break, recorded with 43.7km before the finish in Bagnères-de-Luchon.

That was the entire length of the break's rope and soon after, on the lower slopes of the Port de Balès (with the toughest section remaining, of course) the seemingly massive gap began to make its way south. When the peloton hit those lower slopes, many of the riders on its tail also began making their way in a similar direction.

And as we've seen on so many occasions, Stuart O'Grady and Jens Voigt were the reason for the carnage, setting a menacing tempo to set up Saxo Bank's man in yellow, Schleck. An indication of the pace set by the likes of Voigt and co. could be seen in the rapid reduction of the break - with 32km remaining its advantage had been cut to 7:16.

That same break, which had remained a solid unit all afternoon, began to splinter soon after as it began to hit the final 10km of the climb, the strongest of the survivors being Voeckler, who continued in a brave effort alone with an advantage of 5:56 as he had five kilometres to ride before the summit.

When the peloton passed that same point some six minutes later, Contador's Astana teammates had gathered menacingly at the front of the group; a nod from the Spaniard to teammate Dani Navarro the sign that soon it would be time to up the pace and begin the show.

D is for drama - and dodgy drivetrains

But with 24km to go it was Schleck who hit out alone after Saxo Bank's final sacrificial lamb Chris Anker Sorensen dropped off the front. The race leader then took Contador, Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) with him and in an ideal situation for fans, the top five on general classification had separated themselves from the field which had failed to maintain the hectic pace.

Constantly looking behind, Schleck was conscious of the threat posed by the men on his wheel, first of whom was Contador, who was content to sit on the yellow jersey - he need not do anything else, safe in the knowledge that it would require an earth-shattering event for the Luxembourger to be ridden of him.

Ahead of them Voeckler was making his way through the final 1,000 metres of the climb, the summit beckoning as the French national champion was being wonderfully willed on by his countrymen on the roadside and continued to believe in the chance of victory despite being alone. He still had over five minutes over the groupe maillot jaune by the end of the suffering, with a manic descent to come.

But as Voeckler was dreaming of victory, the biggest drama of the day was unfolding down the mountain as Schleck attacked with just under two kilometres of the climb remaining but was stopped just as suddenly when a dropped chain forced him to get off the bike while Vinokourov, Sanchez, Menchov and Contador rode away.

While TV pundits were calling it a defeat for fair play, Contador couldn't afford to wait for the man who stood 31 seconds between himself and the race lead at the start of the day. Faced with a hard-charging Sanchez and Menchov, Contador was stuck between the proverbial rock and potentially harder place.

The probability seemed to be that the maillot jaune would regain contact with a long downhill run into Bagnères-de-Luchon and at the summit of the Balès that eventuality appeared to be a likelihood as the gap was about 13 seconds between the Contador group and Schleck, who had Van Den Broeck for company. On the descent that advantage grew to 22 seconds as the race lead was slipping from the Saxo Bank captain's grasp.

It was in stark contrast to Voeckler, who up ahead was enjoying the final five kilometres - a frenetic victory parade laced with lactate. The lone survivor of the day's break, the man who throws up his hand at the most opportune moments to capture the hearts of French cycling fans, the rider who bases his entire reputation on days like this... was in a frantic rush to get to the finish as quickly as possible.

Behind him it was even more frantic however, as two distinct groups - one containing Contador, Sanchez, Menchov, plus breakaway leftovers Roberts and Reda, the other Van Den Broeck, Schleck and Vinokourov - were battling for precious seconds.

Eventually that fight proved to be in the favour of Contador, who finished in seventh place, 2:50 behind stage winner Voeckler, having done enough to pull on another maillot jaune while the man in another special jersey, that of the French national road race champion, closed his eyes and savoured the moment on the podium.

Full Results

1

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

4:44:51

2

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

0:01:20

3

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

4

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

0:02:50

5

Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram

6

Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step

7

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

8

Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

9

Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

10

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

11

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

12

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

0:03:29

13

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

14

Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana

15

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

0:03:55

16

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions

17

Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack

18

John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

19

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo

0:04:08

20

Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step

21

Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha

22

Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack

23

Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack

24

Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team

25

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

0:04:14

26

Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

0:05:18

27

Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

0:05:44

28

Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto

29

Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank

30

Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

31

Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack

32

Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

33

Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto

34

Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step

35

Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team

36

Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

0:06:58

37

Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale

0:07:52

38

Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux

0:08:35

39

Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia

40

Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

41

Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

42

Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia

43

Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team

44

Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team

45

Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

46

Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

47

Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana

48

Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

0:09:35

49

Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

50

Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack

51

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

52

Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha

0:12:01

53

Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana

0:12:41

54

Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank

0:13:04

55

Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha

0:13:08

56

George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team

57

Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux

58

Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank

59

Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

60

Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana

61

Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

0:15:20

62

Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux

0:15:44

63

Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux

0:17:09

64

Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux

65

Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

66

Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team

67

Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha

68

Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo

69

Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia

70

Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne

71

Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana

72

Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank

73

David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana

74

Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

75

Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

76

Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram

77

Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto

78

Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

79

Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack

80

Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

81

Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank

82

Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

83

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank

84

Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

85

Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto

86

Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step

0:19:39

87

Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

88

Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step

89

Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank

0:24:01

90

Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step

91

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram

92

Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

93

Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram

94

Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

95

Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

96

Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

97

Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

98

Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank

99

Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step

100

Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

101

José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

0:26:04

102

Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

103

Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

104

Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

105

Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto

106

Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

107

Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha

108

Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto

109

Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

110

Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step

111

Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step

0:28:40

112

Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha

0:28:49

113

Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia

114

Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

115

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

116

Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank

117

Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana

118

Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram

119

Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia

120

Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

121

Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack

122

Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini

123

Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team Radioshack

124

Grégory Rast (Swi) Team Radioshack

125

Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale

126

Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team

127

Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team

128

Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions

129

Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

130

Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

131

Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo

132

Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

133

Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

134

Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram

135

Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

136

Alexander Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo

137

Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank

138

Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

139

Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto

140

Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

141

Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

142

Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

143

Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

144

Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

145

Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

146

Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team

147

Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team

148

Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram

149

Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team

150

Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank

151

David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions

152

Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions

153

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne

154

David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions

155

Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux

156

Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

157

Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank

158

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team

159

Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank

160

Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team

161

Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux

162

Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

163

Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team

164

Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

165

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale

166

Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux

167

Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana

168

Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team

169

Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team

170

Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

171

Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank

172

Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux

173

Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

0:29:57

174

Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto

0:30:37

DNF

Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team

Sprint 1 - Clermont, 55km

1

Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

6

pts

2

Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

4

3

Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step

2

Sprint 2 - Fronsac, 136km

1

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

6

pts

2

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

4

3

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

2

Points - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 187.5km

1

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

20

pts

2

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

17

3

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

15

4

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

13

5

Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram

12

6

Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step

10

7

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

9

8

Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

8

9

Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

7

10

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

6

11

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

5

12

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

4

13

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

3

14

Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana

2

15

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

1

Mountain 1 - Côte de Carla-Bayle (Cat. 4) 30km

1

Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

3

pts

2

Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team

2

3

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

1

Mountain 2 - Col de Portet-d'Aspet (Cat. 2) 105km

1

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

10

pts

2

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

9

3

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

8

4

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

7

5

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

6

6

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

5

Mountain 3 - Col des Ares (Cat. 2) 126.5km

1

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

10

pts

2

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

9

3

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

8

4

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

7

5

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

6

6

Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step

5

Mountain 4 - Port de Balès (HC) 166km

1

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

40

pts

2

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

36

3

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

32

4

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

28

5

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

24

6

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

20

7

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

16

8

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

14

9

Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

12

10

Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram

10

Most aggressive rider

1

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

Young riders

1

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

4:48:20

2

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

0:00:26

3

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo

0:00:39

4

Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

0:05:06

5

Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha

0:09:39

6

Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux

7

Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux

0:12:15

8

Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

0:13:40

9

Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank

10

Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

11

Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

12

Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

13

Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

14

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank

15

Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto

16

Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

0:16:10

17

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram

0:20:32

18

Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

19

Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

0:22:35

20

Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto

21

Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto

22

Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step

0:25:11

23

Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia

0:25:20

24

Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram

25

Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

26

Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo

27

Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

28

Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

29

Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

30

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne

31

Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux

32

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team

33

Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team

Teams

1

Team Radioshack

14:26:44

2

Rabobank

0:00:18

3

Quick Step

0:00:31

4

Liquigas-Doimo

5

Ag2R La Mondiale

0:02:26

6

Astana

0:02:43

7

Omega Pharma - Lotto

0:02:46

8

Caisse d'Epargne

0:04:35

9

BMC Racing Team

0:04:42

10

Team Katusha

0:08:12

11

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:08:49

12

Bbox Bouygues Telecom

0:14:33

13

Sky Professional Cycling Team

0:20:17

14

Team Saxo Bank

0:21:31

15

Team HTC - Columbia

0:22:08

16

Garmin - Transitions

0:23:23

17

Française des Jeux

0:25:16

18

Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne

0:29:00

19

Cervelo Test Team

0:29:21

20

Team Milram

0:31:49

21

Footon-Servetto

0:32:22

22

Lampre - Farnese Vini

0:33:26

General classification after stage 15

1

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

72:50:42

2

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

0:00:08

3

Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:02:00

4

Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

0:02:13

5

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

0:03:39

6

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

0:05:01

7

Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack

0:05:25

8

Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha

0:05:45

9

Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana

0:07:12

10

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions

0:07:51

11

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo

0:07:58

12

Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

0:08:19

13

Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team

0:09:02

14

Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

0:09:15

15

Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack

0:11:14

16

Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team

0:12:09

17

Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale

0:12:34

18

Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step

0:14:07

19

John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

0:14:24

20

Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

0:14:47

21

Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack

0:15:37

22

Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

0:16:16

23

Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

0:17:44

24

Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto

0:20:00

25

Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux

0:21:18

26

Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia

0:27:07

27

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

0:28:56

28

Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step

0:30:09

29

Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

0:34:39

30

Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

0:35:14

31

Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack

0:40:31

32

Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

0:41:01

33

Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team

0:41:10

34

Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux

0:42:05

35

Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia

0:42:16

36

Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank

0:42:36

37

Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

0:44:09

38

Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

0:50:13

39

Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack

0:53:02

40

Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

0:55:41

41

Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

0:58:55

42

Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:01:24

43

Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:03:35

44

Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank

1:05:10

45

Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:05:15

46

Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

1:09:26

47

Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

1:11:02

48

Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

1:12:09

49

Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto

1:12:33

50

Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack

1:14:38

51

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

52

Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto

1:17:33

53

Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne

1:17:57

54

Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo

1:21:33

55

Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana

1:21:50

56

Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step

1:22:07

57

Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia

1:22:38

58

Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana

1:23:27

59

Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank

1:25:18

60

José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

1:25:53

61

Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank

1:27:32

62

Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank

1:27:50

63

Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step

1:29:47

64

George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team

1:29:55

65

Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha

1:30:16

66

Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

1:31:27

67

Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

1:31:29

68

Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto

1:32:18

69

Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

1:32:48

70

Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram

1:32:52

71

Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step

1:33:11

72

Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

1:33:12

73

Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

1:33:27

74

Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team

1:36:17

75

Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank

1:37:11

76

Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux

1:40:33

77

Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

1:40:38

78

Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha

1:40:54

79

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

1:43:33

80

Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

1:44:53

81

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

1:46:07

82

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram

1:49:04

83

Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

1:49:31

84

Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto

1:49:58

85

Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram

1:54:30

86

Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram

1:54:56

87

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne

1:57:04

88

Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack

1:57:24

89

Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto

2:02:16

90

Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2:03:08

91

Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

2:03:38

92

Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram

2:04:44

93

Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana

2:04:55

94

Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2:05:39

95

Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:06:14

96

Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha

2:06:32

97

Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2:07:05

98

Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale

2:07:17

99

Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

2:07:33

100

Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha

2:08:05

101

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale

2:09:40

102

Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

2:10:11

103

Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

2:12:03

104

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

2:12:08

105

Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

2:13:36

106

Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

2:13:49

107

Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux

2:16:21

108

Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo

2:17:05

109

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

2:17:45

110

Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram

2:18:44

111

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

2:19:03

112

Alexander Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo

2:19:54

113

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

2:20:33

114

David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana

2:20:35

115

Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:20:43

116

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2:21:48

117

Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

2:22:36

118

Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank

2:22:55

119

Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux

2:25:18

120

Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step

2:26:02

121

Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana

2:26:29

122

Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:28:53

123

Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step

2:28:59

124

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank

2:30:09

125

Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

2:30:35

126

Grégory Rast (Swi) Team Radioshack

2:30:53

127

Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana

2:30:57

128

Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank

2:31:44

129

Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team

2:32:31

130

Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:33:53

131

Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

2:34:08

132

Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank

2:34:09

133

Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions

2:34:43

134

Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank

2:36:14

135

Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

2:36:16

136

Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

2:37:55

137

Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux

2:38:02

138

Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto

2:38:59

139

Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank

2:39:02

140

Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team

2:39:32

141

Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step

2:40:42

142

Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux

2:41:27

143

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:42:52

144

Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux

2:43:45

145

Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step

2:43:59

146

Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team

2:44:18

147

David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions

2:45:27

148

Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana

2:46:54

149

Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2:47:18

150

Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

2:48:01

151

Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia

2:49:43

152

Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia

2:50:16

153

Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:51:09

154

Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram

2:52:45

155

Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions

2:55:42

156

Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team

2:56:05

157

David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions

2:57:19

158

Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank

2:58:21

159

Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank

2:58:39

160

Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

2:59:16

161

Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team

2:59:19

162

Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto

2:59:24

163

Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

2:59:45

164

Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:00:54

165

Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

3:01:12

166

Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

3:01:58

167

Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha

3:04:23

168

Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

3:05:13

169

Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team

3:10:38

170

Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team

3:14:48

171

Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux

3:14:59

172

Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team Radioshack

3:16:17

173

Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

3:25:06

174

Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

3:27:07

Points classification

1

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

187

pts

2

Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team

185

3

Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia

162

4

Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

144

5

Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha

138

6

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team

120

7

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

107

8

Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram

102

9

Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

100

10

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

98

11

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

92

12

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

87

13

Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

81

14

Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana

78

15

Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

74

16

Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step

73

17

Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

71

18

Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

69

19

Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale

62

20

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

60

21

Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

54

22

Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha

49

23

Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

49

24

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions

49

25

Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions

48

26

Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

47

27

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

45

28

Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

43

29

Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram

42

30

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

40

31

Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini

39

32

Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne

39

33

Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank

37

34

Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank

37

35

Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux

35

36

Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram

35

37

Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack

34

38

Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux

34

39

Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

33

40

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo

33

41

Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank

32

42

Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

31

43

Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

30

44

Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

29

45

Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux

29

46

Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

29

47

Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

28

48

Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

27

49

Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto

26

50

Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

26

51

Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

26

52

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

26

53

Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram

26

54

Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack

25

55

Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

24

56

Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto

24

57

Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

23

58

José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

22

59

Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team

22

60

Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step

22

61

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

19

62

Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step

19

63

Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

18

64

Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack

18

65

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

17

66

David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions

17

67

Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto

17

68

Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

17

69

Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

16

70

Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team

16

71

Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team

16

72

Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack

16

73

Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions

16

74

Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

15

75

Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step

15

76

Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team

15

77

Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack

15

78

Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

15

79

Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

15

80

Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

14

81

Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

14

82

Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia

14

83

Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

14

84

Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

13

85

Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale

13

86

Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank

12

87

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank

12

88

Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step

12

89

Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step

12

90

Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

12

91

Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step

12

92

Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team

12

93

Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto

12

94

Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana

11

95

Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto

11

96

Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto

10

97

Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux

8

98

Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

8

99

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram

8

100

Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

8

101

Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team

8

102

George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team

7

103

Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux

7

104

Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

6

105

Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

6

106

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

6

107

Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

6

108

Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

6

109

Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank

6

110

Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia

6

111

Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo

5

112

Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

4

113

Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha

4

114

David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions

4

115

Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto

4

116

Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

4

117

Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia

4

118

Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step

4

119

Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team

4

120

Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team

4

121

Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank

4

122

Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram

3

123

Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha

3

124

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

2

125

Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2

126

Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team

2

127

Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram

2

128

Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha

2

129

Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team

2

130

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale

2

131

John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

2

132

Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

2

133

Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha

2

134

Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

2

135

Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux

2

136

Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo

2

137

Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana

2

138

Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

2

139

Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana

2

140

Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack

2

141

Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana

2

142

Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana

2

143

Alexander Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo

2

144

Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank

2

145

Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia

2

146

Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2

147

Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank

2

148

Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank

2

149

Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

2

150

Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

2

151

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne

2

152

Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack

2

153

Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank

1

154

Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

-3

155

Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

-5

Mountains classification

1

Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

115

pts

2

Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step

92

3

Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

82

4

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

76

5

Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana

76

6

Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

72

7

Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

68

8

Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

65

9

Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

63

10

Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

60

11

Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux

56

12

Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

48

13

Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step

47

14

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

46

15

Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto

46

16

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

42

17

Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto

42

18

Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo

39

19

Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

38

20

Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne

38

21

Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team

36

22

Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions

35

23

Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

34

24

Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha

34

25

Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

32

26

Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank

29

27

Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step

29

28

Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

28

29

Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha

27

30

Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

27

31

Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack

25

32

Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step

22

33

Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank

21

34

Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana

20

35

Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

20

36

Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

18

37

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo

18

38

Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

18

39

Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank

18

40

Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

17

41

Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

17

42

Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini

16

43

Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

14

44

Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team

12

45

Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto

12

46

Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step

12

47

Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram

11

48

Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack

10

49

Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram

10

50

José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

9

51

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram

8

52

Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto

7

53

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions

6

54

Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

6

55

Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana

5

56

Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia

5

57

Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step

5

58

Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team

5

59

Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto

4

60

Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto

4

61

Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

4

62

Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto

3

63

Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

3

64

Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

3

65

Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale

2

66

Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

2

67

Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2

68

Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2

69

Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux

2

70

Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

2

71

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne

2

72

Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team

2

73

Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team

2

74

Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

1

75

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

1

76

Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

1

77

Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank

1

78

Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi

1

Young riders classification

1

Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank

72:50:50

2

Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank

0:04:53

3

Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo

0:07:50

4

Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

0:40:53

5

Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

0:58:47

6

Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom

1:10:54

7

Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto

1:12:25

8

Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank

1:27:24

9

Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne

1:31:19

10

Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto

1:32:10

11

Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

1:32:40

12

Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team

1:33:04

13

Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux

1:40:25

14

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram

1:48:56

15

Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne

1:56:56

16

Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto

2:02:08

17

Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

2:07:25

18

Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha

2:07:57

19

Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo

2:16:57

20

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team

2:21:40

21

Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto

2:22:28

22

Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step

2:28:51

23

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank

2:30:01

24

Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:33:45

25

Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo

2:34:00

26

Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia

2:36:08

27

Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux

2:43:37

28

Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia

2:49:35

29

Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini

2:51:01

30

Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram

2:52:37

31

Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team

2:55:57

32

Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux

3:14:51

33

Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini

3:24:58

Teams classification

1

Team Radioshack

218:42:52

2

Caisse d'Epargne

0:04:27

3

Rabobank

0:17:23

4

Ag2R La Mondiale

0:20:56

5

Astana

0:29:07

6

Omega Pharma - Lotto

0:31:13

7

Liquigas-Doimo

0:48:43

8

Quick Step

0:52:38

9

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:58:33

10

Sky Professional Cycling Team

1:18:32

11

Bbox Bouygues Telecom

1:22:00

12

Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne

1:26:00

13

BMC Racing Team

1:44:54

14

Team Saxo Bank

1:48:36

15

Team HTC - Columbia

1:55:47

16

Française des Jeux

2:08:01

17

Team Katusha

2:13:22

18

Garmin - Transitions

2:33:00

19

Cervelo Test Team

2:53:29

20

Footon-Servetto

3:24:57

21

Lampre - Farnese Vini

4:03:18

22

Team Milram

4:09:37

Full Specifications

Scott Sunderland's stage analysis

Let’s cut right to the chase, Contador should have waited for Schleck.

Andy had earmarked this stage as one where he'd open up the afterburners and you saw that in his attack, right up until he had his mechanical and Contador went past him.

Contador probably heard the problem but probably didn't know that Schleck had to stop and get off the bike to fix it himself and then he found himself in a position where he was attacking the yellow jersey during a mechanical and now he's in yellow.

The respect for the yellow jersey goes back a long way, and you heard it with the booing Contador got at the finish. They were not impressed. We've seen it in the past with Armstrong and Ullrich, and they both waited for each other and it showed great camaraderie and sportsmanship.

These guys are friends, they've been on holiday together and they obviously know each other quite well. Contador could have quite easily backed off the pedals and waited. In my book he should have. He would have looked like a man and he would have shown great respect for the yellow jersey. It could come back to bite him. I hope nothing happens to him but what happens if it does? Does Schleck say that he doesn't see it?

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